By Simply Wall St
Publication Date: 2026-01-08 12:32:00
- Cisco Systems has recently been reported to be in advanced talks to acquire Israeli cybersecurity firm Axonius for about US$2.00 billion, while also emerging as a strategic investor in Elon Musk’s xAI, which closed a very large US$20.00 billion Series E round to expand AI infrastructure and products.
- Together, these developments highlight how Cisco is coupling potential cybersecurity expansion with direct exposure to large-scale AI buildouts, reinforcing its role at the center of networking, security, and AI infrastructure.
- We’ll now examine how Cisco’s deeper involvement in AI infrastructure investing, highlighted by its xAI participation, could reshape its investment narrative.
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